2011 Year in Review

Our PhD Committee reviews 2011 and Baseball Bob enlightens us about the three biggest surprises in Major League Baseball for 2011.  Happy New Year!

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Minicast – Rodney Johnson

Ed Kasputis interviews Rodney Johnson, one of the two official scorers for the National League West Champion, Arizona Diamondbacks about being an official Major League scorer.

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2011 Mel Allen Re-broadcast

 

Mel Allen was born in Birmingham, Alabama and grew up to become the “Voice of the Yankees“.  Our PhD Committee relives his great life with the help of authors, Stephen Borelli, Stanley Cohen and Rob Edelman.  Our podcast also talks about Cliff Lee‘s 2010 return to the Phillies and notable baseball deaths for 2010.  Then it’s time for At the Mixer with Marty Allen (no relation to Mel).  Our podcast concludes as we say good bye to Mel and hello to another great sportscaster and mentor - Red Barber.

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Minicast – Field of Legends

Ed Kasputis interviews Lloyd Johnson from the Field of Legends exhibit at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in beautiful Kansas City.

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Christmas Podcast

Merry Christmas with our first Christmas podcast.  Mr. Sports Travel aka Joe Connor tells us about the top 5 international baseball places to see.  Baseball Bob talks about Christmas in Anaheim (Go Pujols!) and Chris Niccolls from thecameratore.com compares the Nikon V1 against the Sony NEX-7 so we can determine the best baseball camera for 2012.  The podcast concludes as we remember Christmas night, 1776.

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Minicast – Ed Kasputis Baseball PhD Ceremony

Ed Kasputis gets his Baseball PhD by visiting his 30th Major League Ballpark – Target Field.  Our PhD Committee examines Ed about his 40 year journey though the baseball world and life.

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2011 Ernie Harwell Re-broadcast

This podcast features baseball sportscaster great, Ernie Harwell.  Our PhD Committee first reviews Major League Baseball’s playoff expansion idea of adding an additional wild card team in each league and then shifts into analyzing who is listening to our podcasts.  Then it’s time for Harwell.  Hear Harwell’s moving 1955 poem - The Definition of Baseball, then hear Harwell’s account of baseball’s Shot Heard ‘Round the World.  Ed Kasputis then interviews baseball author, Irwin J. Cohen about his friend, Ernie Harwell. The podcast concludes with At the Mixer with Marty Allen as Marty relives his most memorable day in radio – Sunday, October 26, 1997 as our PhD Committee gets ready for our next podcast featuring sportscaster great, Mel Allen.

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Minicast – Grape Radio

In 2010, award winning podcast Grape Radio helped to inspire the creation of Baseball PhD.  Ed Kasputis interviews and pays homage to Jay Selman from Grape Radio.

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2011 Vin Scully Re-broadcast

Greatest Baseball Sportscaster of All Time

Our PhD Committee honors Vin Scully as the greatest baseball sportscaster of all time.  We also remember Seattle’s Hall of Fame baseball sportscaster, Dave Niehaus who passed away on November 10, 2010.  Ed, Farley and Mark then explore the life of Scully and listen to some of his greatest clips.  Ed then interviews Dodger faithful and English Professor, Frank Ardolino about Scully.  We then travel back in time and hear Scully’s words of wisdom during his commencement address at Pepperdine University in 2008. Ed and Farley then interview Cleveland radio great, Marty Allen in the first of a six part series of At the Mixer with Marty Allen.  The podcast then concludes as Ed, Farley and Mark preview Snow Days at Progressive Field which opened Friday, November 26, 2010.

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